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Botan and Shinnosuke's mother Mao(1982-2017). She died of cancer but her last days were so tragic as repeating "I don't want to die!" in SNS missing her kids. https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/3244

Topic repeats :D https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/japenese-airflield-on-attu-island.17285/page-2

IJA units to support the Burma Campaign behind the scenes. Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 7・太平洋戦争 1)(Oct.1978)

A 12 year old Kabuki player Botan Ichikawa talks about her art. She is a sort of genius. Her mother passed away in 2017 but Botan resembles her very well. "In playing Kabuki, I think that players don't speak words normally but are always requested something like accents for lines but I'm not...

Late Abe's double, Satake update. The older he gets, the more he resembles Abe. I even feel Abe's soul in him recently. Satake in my neighborhood last month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s-qM0oYNiM&t=349s

On March 7, 1942, IJA 55th division reached Pegu, Burma to cut the Chiang Kai-shek support route. 33rd division entered Pyinkadgon(?) on March 5 to enter Rangoon on the 8th. Sakuma regiment of 33rd division reached Yenanchaung oil field to ocuupy on April 17. Source: History of Showa-era...

As I said, IJA Southern Air Transportation Division (南方航空輸送部) was organized based on IJA AT Transportation Unit(AT輸送隊) which was composed of Nakajima AT-2 passenger planes in July 1942. The IJA AT Transportation Unit(AT輸送隊) was originally organized to support Japanese invasion into Malaya and...

AT-2 (Type 97 transporter or Ki-34) was originally ordered by Manchuiria Air Line and developed by Nakajima Aircraft in 1936 but the marking of the first pic does not look Manchuiria Air Line.

IJA Southern Air Transportation Division (南方航空輸送部) was organized based on IJA AT Transportation Unit(AT輸送隊) which was composed of Nakajima AT-2 passenger planes in July 1942. This division covered the South West Pacific passenger routes with the headquarters in Singapore. Pilots were civilians...

Based on some written data, it looks a Type 97 transporter (Ki-34) which belonged to IJA Southern Air Transportation Division (南方航空輸送部). The first photo would have been taken in Singapore on January 1, 1943, celebrating the New Year. Here are another photos of the unit. Source: 飛行機写真 2枚 97式輸送機...

So, where is Empress Himiko's grave? This Tomio Maruyama burial mound in Nara is thought one of the possibilities as Chinese shield-shaped bronze mirrors and a massive ceremonial sword were discovered. 5-meter wooden coffin buried in fourth century unveiled in Nara...

From old ad. Mussolini Pen made in Japan. Presented by Crown Fountain Pen. Source: 紀元二千六百年 (Imperial Year 2600) Nov.1939

This is a little bit academic topic. A historical mystery of Japan "Where was the ancient country "Yamatai-koku (Yamatai-country)" which is said in ancient China's documents ruled by Empress Himiko, in Kyushu or in Nara?" may have been solved by a young Japanese historian Yuichiro Makurazaki...

This one? So maniac one I did not know it either :smile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyEFpp7A0CY&t=55s

Osaka people may be optimistic about the safety. Seriously, on March 28, there was a gas explosion accident at the construction site for Osaka Expo which is scheduled in next year. "The Japan International Exposition Association (Expo Association) announced that the explosion accident that...